The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-13

for the purpose of melting opposition
to the measure.
IGNATIUs DONNELLY, who has dis
covered mysterious cipher in Shakes
peare's works, which proves that they
were written by Bacon, might be en-
ployed to figure out the combination
which will open the mysteries of the
interstate commerce bill.
A MEDITERRANEAN WIGGINs is
doing what he can to console the
terror-stricken population of the Riviera
by vaccinations of coming earthquakes
He has mentioned twenty-eight days
when shocks similar to those which
recently wrought devastation through
out that region may be confidently ex-
pected.-Tribune.
SENATOR HALE of Maine saws: "It
seems to me that the municipal cleo
tons out West show that the democrats
are losing ground, and will have to di-
vide their numbers with the labor party.
/ really think the democratic party will
be split up so badly by the labor move
ment that it will be defeated in 1888
all along the line.''
The mugwump papers have begun
to train rather early for their campaign
of lying in 1888. The New York Evening
Post (mugwump) stated last Wednesday
that Whitelaw Reid of the Tribune had
written letter to Murat Halstead of
the Cincinnati Commercial, declaring it
was time for Blaine TO give up his hold
on the presidency. The story is proved
stupid and malicious falsehood.
ADAM BADEAU disposes of one story
concerning the later relations of Grant
and Blaine. He says that Blaine pre-
sented copy of the first volume of his
work to Grant, with an autograph in
scription from the author; and Grant
acknowledged the compliment in a note
of more than his ordinary suavity.
General Grant left list of the names
of those to whom he wished his own
memoirs presented, and Mr.. Blaine's
name was among them.
A CARLOAD of cattle shipped from
Bennington county to Boston was found
to include calf afflicted with pleuro-
pneumonia, and the Massachusetts
cattle commission accordingly notified
Governor Ormsbee of the fact In view
of this fact, as well as the presence of
the disease just across the state line
from Bennington county, the governor
appointed a commission consisting of
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f. n. Bissell of Shoreham and L. A.
Drew of Burlington.
AN apparently semi-oflicial announce
ment, issued from the White House and
published in the Baltimore S,u,, says,
among other things, that "the Presi-
dent has not yet had leisure to read
the long-winded manifesto of the civil
service reform committee, even if he
should ever regard it as incumbent
upon him to do So" So it would seem
that the President is not grateful to the
committee for their attempt to white
wash his record. Perhaps they did not
lay it on thick enough.
THE Boston Globe has made "a can
vass by circular of the members-elect
of the New Hampshire legislature. OF
the one hundred thirteen republicans
who responded, sixty declared for
Blaine, eight for Edmunds, nine
for Sherman, three for Lincoln, four
for other candidates and twenty-nine
declared no preference. OF the one
hundred thirteen democrats heard from
seventy-seven declared for Cleveland,
twenty-five for Hill, one for Thurman
and thirteen had no preference.
A FOOLISH April 1 story has been in
circulation to the effect that the Presi-
dent, Colonel Lamont and sundry
other choice spirits recently played
poker all night in the library of the
White House. Over three hundred let
tiers of remOnstrance against such i'm
propriety have been received at the
White House, and the Presidents
brother, Rev. William Cleveland, wrote
in sorrow denouncing such proceedings.
The author of the sO-called joke was
forced to confess the whole story a
fiction.
THE court of queens bench at To-
ronto has recently decided that any
married citizen of the Dominion who
crosses the line and marries again in
the United States cannot be success
fully prosecuted for bigamy on his re-
turn, unless it can be established that
he left Canada with the purpose of
committing the offence. Under such
decision would not Canada be much
pleasanter place of residence for oui
Mormon citizens than Utah is likely to
be in the immediate future?-BoSton
Traveller.
THE New York Times is evidently
getting ready to again support the
democratic ticket next year. In 1854
it bluntly announced that it would have
supported anybody but Blaine. Now
it gives notice, indirectly, that it would
probably be unable to support Sherman.
There is no reason why the Times
should support any true republican for
president. 1t is an out-and-out advo-
cate of free-trade, and no republican
can be nominated for president who is
not an Interpretations Scranton
(Po.) Republican.
THE poultry-yards of our democratic
contemporaries had vigorous airing
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